Stone Development Group, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 19, 2017 (fatal): Employee falls out of box on elevated platform on an all-ter

At approximately 7:15 a.m. on September 19, 2017, Employee #1 and a coworker were performing framing carpentry work on a new commercial building under construction. It was both employees first day on the jobsite. At around 7:00 a.m., the employees arrived onsite and were instructed by their employer to bring their hand tools. The coworker asked workers around the site for help lifting his tools so that he would not have to hand carry the tools up the ladders. A company foreman for another contractor agreed to help the employees. He retrieved a JCB 507-42 all-terrain forklift that had a jobsite made box attached and lifted the tools to a third story window. Employee #1 climbed out of the window onto the box and began to hand tools to his coworker. As Employee #1 gave some of the tools to his coworker, the box shifted and Employee #1 lost his balance and fell from the elevated platform. Employee #1 fell approximately three-stories, striking the ground and suffering blunt force trauma to his skull and neck that killed him. Employee #1 was not wearing fall protection.